Macmillan Publishing Ebook Embargo

Alexandria library in alliance with a majority of virginia public libraries has made the decision to temporarily cease buying new ebooks from macmillan publishers due to macmillan s decision to institute a library ebook embargo alexandria is now restricted to purchasing only one copy of a newly released ebook for the first eight.

Macmillan publishing ebook embargo. Publishers weekly article here we re excited to see our friend and partner the american library association see their wishes recognized and honored. On july 25 macmillan publishing announced it would become the only major big 5 publisher to limit ebook lending for u s. In an acknowledgment of the tough road ahead with the covid 19 pandemic sargent said in a letter to librarians there are times in life when differences should be put aside.

In a bit of good news amidst a lot of bad news macmillan has decided to reverse course and lift its controversial ebook embargo on libraries. We re proud to have raised. By timothy inklebarger december 31 2019.

More than a year after imposing a controversial four month test embargo on new release e books in libraries from it s tor imprint macmillan announced that it will now impose a two month embargo on library e books across all of the company s imprints. More than 230 000 people have signed the ebooksforall. Under its new licensing model scheduled to begin november 1 2019 a library may purchase one copy upon release of a new title in ebook format after which the publisher will impose an eight week embargo on.

Recently macmillan publishers announced a new library ebook lending model. Last month tor through its parent company macmillan announced it would be issuing a four month embargo on all e books going to libraries starting with its july 2018 releases. Macmillan announces library ebook embargo new lending terms.

In a letter sent to macmillan authors macmillan illustrators and agents on thursday july 25th macmillan ceo john sargent announced new lending terms and pricing for library ebooks claiming library lending was cannibalizing sales and impacting. On july 25 macmillan publishing announced it would become the only major big 5 publisher to limit ebook lending for u s. A message from alexandria library s executive director.